President’s Trophy: Ghani Glass and SNGPL success

 

President’s Trophy: Ghani Glass and SNGPL success

Karachi, 6 January 2024: On the last day of fourth round of President’s Trophy Grade-I 2023-24, Ghani Glass beat Higher Education Commission (HEC) while Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) beat Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) by eight wickets. On the previous day, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had also beaten Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) by nine wickets. After four rounds in the tournament, Ghani Glass’ Saad Nasim tops run scorers list with 470 runs while his teammate Mohammad Rameez Jnr leads the bowling charts with 28 wickets.

SNGPL vs KRL at National Bank Stadium, Karachi

SNGPL beat KRL by eight wickets as they chased the target of 232 runs in 54.4 overs on day four. Earlier, KRL lost their last wicket in the first over of the day as Mubasir Khan picked up his fourth wicket in the innings.

In pursuit of the target, SNGPL started steadily but then lost Abid Ali (29, 48b, 4x4s) as Umer Khan struck to end the 49-run opening partnership. Omair Bin Yousuf bagged a 2-ball duck as he was removed by Maaz Sadaqat. Azhar Ali (93 not out, 156b, 7x4s, 2x6s) then joined forces with Kamran Ghulam (101 not out, 124b, 11x4s, 3x6s), who struck his 14^th first-class hundred.

Kamran and Azhar’s 185-run third wicket partnership ensured that SNGPL bagged their third consecutive win of the tournament. Maaz and Umer picked up a wicket each. SNGPL’s Arif Yaqoob, who got 10 wickets in his debut game, got an eight-wicket match haul in this game.

SNGPL will face WAPDA while KRL will face SBP in the next round of the tournament starting on 9 January.

Ghani Glass vs HEC at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi

Ghani Glass was awarded a huge 161-run victory after HEC got bundled up for 317 in 67 overs. Continuing from their overnight score of 276-6, HEC only managed to add just 41 more to their total while losing the remaining four wickets. Adeel Meo (75, 75b, 9x4s, 1×6) departed without adding any runs to his overnight score as Shoaib Akhtar dismissed him. His fellow batter, Haris Khan (32, 48b, 5x4s) also failed to capitalize on the start. Waseem Akram (19 not out, 17b, 1×4, 2x6s) put up some resistance but soon ran out of batting partners.

Mohammad Rameez Jnr picked up a five-wicket haul, his second of the match, and registered his maiden ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket. He was aided by Shoaib Akhtar who bagged three wickets in the innings while Mohammad Irfan and Moeez Ghani dismissed one batter each.

HEC have lost three games on the trot. They will face Pakistan Television (PTV) in the next round of the tournament. Ghani Glass have won two games, lost one while their first game in the tournament was drawn. They will face Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in the sixth round.

Scores in brief:

SNGPL beat KRL by eight wickets at National Bank Stadium

KRL 281-9, 80 overs (Imran Rafiq 67, Sarmad Bhatti 53, Maaz Sadaqat 42 not out; Arif Yaqoob 4-83, Mohammad Ali 2-40, Mubasir Khan 1-63) and 299 all out, 102.2 overs (Imran Rafiq 78, Sharoon Siraj 52, Ali Zaryab Asif 44; Arif Yaqoob 4-108, Mubasir Khan 4-35, Bilawal Bhatti 1-26, Mohammad Awais Anwar 1-55)

SNGPL 349-7, 80 overs (Azhar Ali 140, Asad Shafiq 69, Abid Ali 61; Maaz Sadaqat 3-83, Umer Khan 1-163) and 235-2, 54.4 overs (Kamran Ghulam 101 not out, Azhar Ali 93 not out; Maaz Sadaqat 1-37, Umer Khan 1-105)

SBP beat WAPDA by nine wickets at State Bank Stadium

WAPDA 140 all out, 43.1 overs (Umar Abid Kayani 32, Umar Akmal 24; Nisar Ahmad 5-30, Afaq Afridi 2-22, Mohammad Ilyas 2-44, Mohammad Abbas 1-30) and 122 all out, 40.2 overs (Mohammad Saad 39, Umar Abid Kayani 19, Khalid Usman 17; Afaq Afridi 6-38, Aftab Ibrahim 3-24, Nisar Ahmad 1-22)

SBP 222 all out, 66.5 overs (Rameez Aziz 71, Mohammad Mohsin 59, Zain Abbas 37; Akif Javed 4-69, Naqeebullah Masood 2-68, Irfanullah Shah 1-40, Khalid Usman 1-31,) and 43-1, 7.1 overs (Zain Abbas 18 not out, Umar Amin 12, Mohammad Mohsin 9 not out; Irfanullah Shah 1-16)

Ghani Glass beat HEC by 161 runs at UBL Sports Complex

Ghani Glass 221 all out, 67.5 overs (Tayyab Tahir 103, Shahbaz Javed 71; Wahaj Riaz 4-39, Aqib Liaqat 3-75, Asadullah Hamza 2-18, Haris Khan 1-63) and 446-8 dec, 100.3 overs (Saeed Ali 118, Saad Nasim 115, Mohammad Irfan 64 not out, Shahbaz Javed 50; Waseem Akram 2-83, Aqib Liaqat 2-110, Asadullah Hamza 1-46, Haris Khan 1-71)

HEC 189 all out, 38.5 overs (Ghazi Ghouri 66, Haris Khan 35; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 5-60, Shoaib Akhtar 4-49, Shiraz Khan 1-25) and HEC 317 all out, 67 overs (Saad Khan 104, Adeel Meo 75, Mohammad Huraira 33; Mohammad Rameez Jnr 5-81, Shoaib Akhtar 3-60, Mohammad Irfan 1-54, Moeez Ghani 1-62)